Gettin' Sketchy...

Hello stamping friends!

It's FRIDAY and WOOO HOO...Time to get stamping!  I've got the whole weekend to have some inky fun and tonight, I got the weekend started with some watercolors, some ribbon and a little sketchie-poo!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my TAKE on the sketch...

I'm loving the sketch challenges at MFT and this week the sketch led me into a not-so-typical-for-me direction.  This week I tweaked the sketch from the regular A2 cards to a 6x6 square card.  It seemed all the while I was adding the layers for the central focus of the card, SQUARE was CALLING to me.  SOooooo...I listened.

I am continuing to honor my goal of using up my stash so I pulled out the patterned paper (Old MME) and some older/retired Tim Holtz Visual Artistry Collections stamps called Heartfelt.  I really love the sentiments in this set and find them perfectly suited for cards I send to close friends and family.

To create the colorful watercolor panel, I used blues and reds on a wet canvas then spritzed with some Creamsicle Glimmer Mist and rubbed a bit of Gold Gelatos on it.  I stamped the edge of the MME paper using Tea Stain Distress Ink and the filagree stamp in the set.  I also distressed the papers with the Tea Stain ink.  

To finish the card off, I added a ribbon; ric-rack replaced the scalloped edge, the pink ribbon replaced the banner in the sketch, a button for the circle, and some sparkly Stickles over the blue portions of the watercoloring.  I also added a few sequins, just for kicks. Distressing the card base helped unite the base with the "aged/distressed" look of the front panel.

I hope you enjoyed this card- now I'm off to my room to play some more!!! :)